10 Questions
What is cognition?
Mental activity involved in understanding, processing, and communicating information
What are concepts?
Mental categories used to class together objects, relations, events, abstractions, ideas, or qualities with common properties
What is a prototype?
A concept of a category of objects or events that serves as a good example of the category
What does problem solving involve?
An important aspect of thinking
What is understanding the problem in problem solving?
Requires the parts of our mental representation of the problem to relate to one another in meaning
What is a prototype?
A concept of a category of objects that serves as a good example of the category
What is an exemplar?
A specific example used to represent a mental category
What do concepts represent?
Objects, events, activities, and visions of things that never were or cannot be measured
What is problem solving in thinking?
An important aspect of thinking
What is crucial to cognition?
Concepts
Test your understanding of cognition and thinking with this quiz on Chapter 7 concepts. Challenge your knowledge of mental activity, processing information, reasoning, and decision-making. Explore the role of concepts in classifying objects, relations, and events.
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